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Friday, March 16, 2012

U.S. Unemployment Up in February

Underemployment is 19.1%, up from 18.7% in January

by Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist

PRINCETON, NJ -- U.S. unemployment, as measured
by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 9.1% in February
from 8.6% in January and 8.5% in December.

The 0.5-percentage-point increase in February compared with January
is the largest such month-to-month change Gallup has recorded in its
not-seasonally adjusted measure since December 2010, when the rate rose
0.8 points to 9.6% from 8.8% in November. A year ago, Gallup recorded a
February increase of 0.4 percentage points, to 10.3% from 9.9% in
January 2011.
In addition to the 9.1% of U.S. workers who are unemployed, 10.0% are
working part time but want full-time work. This percentage is similar
to the 10.1% in January, but is higher than the 9.6% of February 2011.

As a result, Gallup's U.S. underemployment measure, which combines
the percentage of workers who are unemployed and the percentage working
part time but wanting full-time work, increased to 19.1% in February
from 18.7% in January. This is an improvement from the 19.9% of February
2011.